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10.413,933. Patented 0012.29, l1889.

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"UNITED STATES Ross EOsTER Ann` JAOOB HOWARD,

OF CLEVELAND, O HIO, ASSIGNORS TO y THEAvERY STAMPING oOMPANY,ioE sAME PLACE.

M ETALLIC WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 413,933, eared october 29, 1339.

i Application filed February 29, 1888. Renewed April 22, 1889. Seria-1 No. 308,235. (No model.)

To aZZ whomfit may concern.-

Beit known` that we, Ross FsTER, a citizen of the United States, and JACOB HOW- ARD, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,

both residing in the city of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Wheels, of whichthe following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Whichv Figure 1 is a sideelevation Vof our wheel in Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view` thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation; of the blank employed in making a modified form of the wheel. Fig. iis a central vertical sectional view of a wheel of said modied form. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of one of the spokes of the wheel.

Like letters represent similar Aparts in the several iigures.

Our invention relates to metallic wheels best adapted for use upon cheap structures where beauty o f design or artistic finish are not necessary; and the object is to cheapen,

so far as possible, such wheels without affecting their strength or durability.

To this end it consists in the construction and combination of parts herein fully and clearly described, and pointed out definitely in the claims.

Referring to the parts by letter, A represent-s a blank struck out by suitable dies from a sheet of metal of suitable thickness, which blank consists of the following integral parts, to wit: spokes a a, the rim a', the hub a2, and annular liange a3, which is turned over from the rim cr. The spokes are then bent longitudinally, asshown in Fig. 5, and in the best form the alternate spokes are bent in opposite directions, so as to present alternately convex and concave surfaces on either face of the wheel. The bending of the spokes very materially increases the strength of each, and the bending of thealternate spokes in opposite directions increases the strength of the wheel by resisting the liability of two consecutive spokes `to bend in the same direction, and consequently to permit the collapse of the rim. Upon the outer edge of the wheel a tire of may be secured to the flange a3 either by shrinking it on or by riveting it to said iange..

B B represent two hub-pieces, preferably cup-shaped, as shown, each provided with the annular anges b andacentral orifice. These pieces are placed upon opposite sides of the wheel-blank and secured thereto by rivets b', lwhich pass through both iianges b b and the hub part a2 of said blank, thereby forming 'the hub of the Wheel.

' C represents the box formed from a pipe of suitable length, which is passed through the central orifice of the hub and there secured by having the ends of the pipe upset,

countersunk to receive the upset ends of said pipe and leave smooth surfaces on the outside of the hub. y y

The above-described wheel may be modified and strengthened somewhat, as shown in Figs. 8 and 4,. Fig. 3 shows a blank in which thenumber of spokes is increased and every other spoke is cut free at its inner end and made longer than its neighbors by cutting out some of the hub part a2, as shown. Two series of spokes are thereby obtained, and each spoke is bent longitudinally in the manner and for the purpose specified, and preferably the alternate spokes of each series are bent in' opposite directions. The a'lternate long spokes are then bent at or near the rim in opposite directions, as shown, and the hubpieces B B arranged, as before explained, on each side of the blank A, the free ends of the long spokes being on the outside of said pieces B B. The parts are then secured together by rivets, which pass through the free end of each long spoke and the ilanges b b.

We claim as our invention- 1. A sheetlmetal-wheel blank stamped from a'single piece 'of metal, consisting of the following integral parts, to Wit: a hub a2, spokes a a, rim crfand turned-over annular iiange a3, said spokes being bent longitudinally, every alternate 'spokel in one direction and the intermediate spokes in the opposite direction, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A sheet-metal wheel consisting of a hub a2, spokes a a, rim a', and turned-over annuthe orifice in the pieces B B being preferably IOO l lar flange a3, all stamped from a single piece 0f sheet metal, combined with sheet-metal hub-pieces riveted thereto, substantially as and for the purpose speeied.

A sheet-metal-Wheel blank and the hubpieces B B, secured thereto, combined with a pipe C, passed through said blank and hubpieces and secured in place byhavingits ends upset., substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ROSS FOSTER. JACOB HOWARD.

Witnesses:

E. L. THURsToN, A. A. CARLISLE. 

